Joseph Hasner

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Joseph Hasner, Ritter von Artha (13 August 1819 – 2 February 1892) was an Austrian

ophthalmologist born in Prague. His brother, Leopold Hasner von Artha
(1818–1891), was an influential Austrian politician.

He studied medicine at the

University of Prague, and subsequently worked at the local general hospital (1842). In 1843 he was an assistant at Johann Fischer's eye clinic. In 1848 he gained his habilitation, and in 1852 he became an associate professor. From 1856 he was a "full professor" of ophthalmology
and a primary physician in Prague. Starting in 1869 he was an editor of the Vierteljahrsschrift für die praktische Heilkunde (from 1880- Zeitschrift für Heilkunde).

Hasner is remembered for the discovery of plica lacrimalis, which is a fold of

eyeball — this being due to pulling on the posterior pole by the optic nerve
.

Published works

Among his numerous publications is Klinische Vorträge über Augenheilkunde (Clinical Lectures on Ophthalmology), which is a collection of Hasner's lectures on

. Other noted writings by Hasner include:

References